Economics at University of California, Irvine

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate ECON coursework.

• MATH 2BSingle-Variable Calculus IIopens 65 courses (9 directly)
• MATH 3AIntroduction to Linear Algebraopens 57 courses (5 directly)
• ECON 20BBasic Economics IIopens 56 courses (6 directly)
• ECON 105AIntermediate Quantitative Economics Iopens 50 courses (28 directly)
• ECON 100AIntermediate Economics Iopens 48 courses (28 directly)
• ECON 100BIntermediate Economic IIopens 36 courses (25 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate ECON work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 122 ECON and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 37 more ECON courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on ECON, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in ECON. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 9 courses deep, ending at ECON 123CW

  1. MATH 2ASingle-Variable Calculus I
  2. MATH 2BSingle-Variable Calculus II
  3. MATH 3AIntroduction to Linear Algebra
  4. ECON 105AIntermediate Quantitative Economics I
  5. ECON 100BIntermediate Economic II
  6. ECON 100CIntermediate Economics III
  7. ECON 123AEconometrics I
  8. ECON 123BEconometrics II
  9. ECON 123CWEconometrics III

• 8 courses deep, ending at ECON 122CW

  1. MATH 2ASingle-Variable Calculus I
  2. MATH 2BSingle-Variable Calculus II
  3. MATH 3AIntroduction to Linear Algebra

• 8 courses deep, ending at ECON 134B

  1. MATH 2ASingle-Variable Calculus I
  2. MATH 2BSingle-Variable Calculus II
  3. MATH 3AIntroduction to Linear Algebra

• 8 courses deep, ending at ECON 161D

  1. MATH 2ASingle-Variable Calculus I
  2. MATH 2BSingle-Variable Calculus II
  3. MATH 3AIntroduction to Linear Algebra

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ECON yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ECON yet.

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Department events

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